“Chess is a kind of human activity which has room for manifestations of both intellect and the competitive spirit. But this is a bloodless competition. FIDE’s motto is Gens una sumus. And personally, I approve of only one kind of battles – the ones that take place over a board with 64 squares.”

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

Program for the next four years:

• Increasing the number of FIDE member countries to 205 (to include Mars and Saturn)
• Rigging more elections
• Hobnobbing with more mass murderers
• Er, that’s it.

See FIDE FIRST for other information.